FBI boss in New York forced out

The head of the FBI’s New York Field Office was pushed out of the bureau on Monday, a month after he told his employees to resist an administration official who requested the names of all agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases.

James Dennehy, New York’s now former assistant director in charge, was ordered to send in his resignation papers on Friday or else be fired, The Washington Times has learned.

The FBI declined to comment on Mr. Dennehy’s employment status with the bureau.

In an email to FBI personnel in New York, Mr. Dennehy said that he had been forced to retire.

“Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did,” Mr. Dennehy wrote. “I was not given a reason for this decision.”

Last month, Mr. Dennehy urged the New York field office not to comply after Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered then Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll to produce a list of bureau employees who worked on criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own as good people are being walked out of the FBI,” Mr. Dennehy wrote to employees at the field office. “And others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy. Time for me to dig in,” he said.

According to sources, Mr. Driscoll’s employment is also in question because, like Mr. Dennehy, he refused Mr. Bove’s order to hand over the names of bureau employees involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases and the extent of each employee’s involvement.